batteries.. which ones do you run?

[pullandpray]

The batteries in ol Blue are junk they lasted 1 year and 3 months, granted they had a few long cranks on them. Anyways I won't run them again just curious about which brand everyone runs. I had optimum in the 6.4 and they didn't hold a charge(like playing music with the key off) that great but always would recharge perfect.

 

[PSD POWER007]

I've always had good luck with Duralast Golds in my diesel trucks.

 

[pullandpray]

I'm thinking the 7.3 is a whole other animal when it comes to diesel batteries, I was almost thinking about getting deep cycles lol those glow plugs draw so much juice. Do you know what the CCA of those duralasts are?

 

[PSD POWER007]

850 Cca I think. I'd have to look. I've run them for many miles in a Duramax, 6.0, 6.4, and now my 7.3. Crazy how much batteries have gone up in the last few years.
I saw a thread the other day where a guy modded his battery tray and put in group 31 batteries and said it was by far the best move he had ever done. I'm gonna take some measurements and look into that. Said the big rigs run those.

 

[bruce]

Die hard platinums are a sweet battery. All the other work truck 7.3 get rural king batteries though.

 

[Carolina444]

Best batteries I've ran are the diehard platinums from Sears. Made by oddesey

 

[jeremiahmercier]

I had 6 yrs on a set of Napa batteries, and then I swapped to the orileys battery (I think super start, I'll I've to look later) for the higher CCAs, they are currently 4yrs... I also just replaced the original motorcraft battery in my little focus, it was 6-1/2 yrs old, I went back with motorcraft in it because I found out they're a 100 month warranty, 3 yrs free replacement and prorated the rest of that term

 

[jeremiahmercier]

We have/had 2 optimas, 1 in each of my parents f150s, 1 only lasted 3 yrs before it began to lose charge if not ran over a week (when parents would go on vacation), the other is 5 yrs old, go figure... Otherwise, both used as daily drivers for those

 

[mandkole]

have east penns in everything... the result of many and various technical conversations at truck parts shows over the years

 

[co04cobra]

have east penns in everything... the result of many and various technical conversations at truck parts shows over the years

Aren't east penns the ones that guarantee they won't corrode the terminals?

 

[mandkole]

I don't recall that they had that warranty, but maybe they do.

 

[George4]

I run the interstate mega tron plus 65. They have 30 month free replacement and a 6 year warranty. Also it's going to be hard to find another 65 series battery that has 850 CA and 1000 CA. That's all I have ran in my truck since the original ones went out

 

[ja_cain]

Whatever you do, I would get a battery tender to put on them when you aren't driving it. Charging system most likely won't fully charge batteries if you pull them down too far. If heard that the higher CCA batteries arn't as durable as the lower ones.

 

[PSD POWER007]

Duralast Gold is 850 cca

 

[ja_cain]

The higher cca theory could be total bs though. I guess it depends on the average output over time relative to the price paid. One thing is apparent, you want to periodically saturate the charge on the batteries in order to get the most out of them.

 

[ThreeFitty]

Interstate something's. Think they are just shy of 800 cca? Get them cheap"er" at work

 

[Lmgrpowerstroke]

I had two yellow tops in my truck for about 3 years. If I didn't drive the truck for about a week it wouldn't start and I would have to put the charger on them. I'm looking for new batteries now myself.

 

[pullandpray]

Funny I brought this up today. I drove my truck to work put the south bend in it By myself which I must say *** that. Good great. hit the intersection and ofcourse it's a new clutch I don't want to slip it. BOOOM killed it.. it won't even try to turn over. It's 6* blowing like a sumbitch lol walk to work ofcourse no jumper cables in the work truck. Call the wife whose already pissed I'm working on my truck on a day off. Lol I would buy 800 dollar batteries right now

 

[ToMang07]

Just gonna say...don't wast money on Die-Easy Gold from Sears.

 

[V-Ref]

I buy Napa ones Sexy huh?

You can find a Napa nearly anywhere, receipt goes in a shipping label stuck on the side of the battery. And I use a tender instead of a battery heater for cold temps.